The Italian media hopes that Millwall will 'not let go of the water', only if Millwall beats Valencia, Roma's qualification situation can be considered good, otherwise as long as they fail to beat Shakhtar Donetsk, they will not even be qualified to challenge Valencia away.

The Spanish media, on the other hand, took a nonchalant attitude.

Valencia's qualifying situation is good enough.

This game doesn't matter at all, in fact, as long as Roma can beat Shakhtar Donetsk, the match between Valencia and Millwall becomes irrelevant, whether Valencia wins or loses, must compete with Roma in the final round for the remaining places, Valencia will be able to qualify from the group if they don't lose to Roma.

The Spanish media still hope that Valencia can win, because Valencia can also represent a part of Spanish football, but Valencia will not win because the opponent 'releases', otherwise there is no shame in winning.

Some Spanish media also kept emphasizing, "Millwall must not release water!" Be sure to play seriously! Be sure to be professional! ”

These reports left Zhang Yang speechless.

Millwall has already qualified early, and whether or not to give their all against Valencia is Millwall's own business, but it seems that the whole world is asking Millwall to give it their all?

Millwall will try, but there is no need to fight Valencia.

There is no point in doing that.

Zhang Yang was not affected at all, how to arrange it or how to arrange it, Millwall sent a 'semi-main lineup', some of the main players played, and some substitute players also played.

The backcourt is the biggest part of the rotation, and Traore and Arbeloa have both got their chances.

Midfielder Sean Davies starts.

The starting striker was Curtis Weston, Darren Bent was not in the squad and Vardy was only on the bench.

When the FA announced Millwall's squad and starting line-up, it was immediately judged by the media to be a 'substitute line-up', the biggest proof of which was Curtis Weston's start, but at the same time, the media was also surprised by the flashiness of Millwall's semi-bench line-up.

Despite being a semi-bench lineup with a Sean Davis in midfield, Quaresma, Braniff, and Simpson can all be said to be the main players, not to mention Livermore, who has been steady for 10,000 years.

Thinking about Smitchell, Morris, and Pire, who did not play, the media all felt that Millwall's midfield substitute was actually no different from the main midfielder, and even the performance would not be weaker than the main lineup.

There are more rotations at the back, Zambrotta doesn't play, but the most notable aspect of Millwall is always the frontcourt, and the only striker is Curtis Weston, who is the most criticized.

Millwall have two strikers and as a result, they send a young player who doesn't play much, obviously to let the youngsters go through the experience, rather than focus on Valencia.

In the pre-match press conference, there was something for the media reporters, who questioned Millwall's line-up.

"Why isn't Darren Bent on the squad?"

"The starter is Curtis Weston? Do Millwall not take the game seriously? ”

"This isn't the main lineup!"

In the face of questions about the lineup, Zhang Yang ignored it completely, but kept praising Curtis Weston, "Curtis is a Millwall academy player, he can represent Millwall's academy strength. Curtis is one of Millwall's best strikers and I'm sure he can do really well! ”

“……”

The media reporters complained in their hearts, "This is called talking nonsense with your eyes open!" ”

Curtis Weston represents Millwall's academy strength? So what does Darren Ward do! What does Livermore do! What does Josh Simpson do!

The above three people are all well-known stars, that is, Curtis Weston is not famous.

However, Zhang Yang has something to say, "Curtis is still very young, he is only 19 years old, he is one of the youngest players in the team, he has an infinite future, I believe he will not only be the future of Millwall, but also the future of English football!" ”

All right!

The reporters were speechless for a word, Curtis Weston is indeed the youngest in Millwall's first team, and he is more than a dozen days younger than Vardy.

For such a young player to be able to play as a substitute at Millwall, it is quite remarkable!

But it has nothing to do with whether Millwall gives it his all or not!

Zhang Yang doesn't care so much, he is still very optimistic about Weston, Weston is very young, his skills are also good, it is enough to be a substitute striker, although there is a gap with Vardy and Darren Bent, but youth is an advantage, maybe he can grow up in the future?

No one can say anything about this!

Now that the Champions League has the opportunity to face Valencia, it is better to let Curtis Weston play and experience, and Darren Bent and Vardy, who continue to play, can take a proper rest.

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The Spanish media kept saying that Millwall should face the game normally, hoping that Valencia could beat the 'strongest' Millwall.

However, Flores doesn't think so!

With the experience of the last game against Millwall, and looking at Millwall's Champions League and league results, he knows very well that Millwall, who is fully in the main force, is playing at home, and it will be difficult for Valencia to win.

This is a battle of face, but victory can get back face!

Regardless of whether Millwall field a full squad or not, as long as Valencia win the victory, they will be able to say that they beat Millwall away.

Flores wanted Millwall to send a substitute and the Valencia players thought the same.

Anyone likes to experience the coolness of abusing vegetables, and it is very interesting to compete with strong players, but the feeling of abusing vegetables is more comfortable, and it is found that Millwall sent a substitute lineup, Valencia can be described as 'cheering', in the first round, Darren Bent put too much pressure on them, and now the opponent sends a rookie striker, which is definitely much less threatening, and they can also play easier.

But Millwall is by no means giving up on the game!

When Zhang Yang was mobilizing before the game in the locker room, he said to the players seriously, "I know that the game is not important. And we've rotated as well, but it's not for you to rest, and it's not for you to give up the game! The outside world is saying that we will release the water, that we will not play seriously, that we do not have to fight Valencia, that is simply an insult to us! ”

"My team doesn't have a main team and a substitute, and you guys are not the so-called 'substitute lineup', but whoever is not serious in the game, I don't mind making him a real substitute!"

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Valencia were hoping to beat Millwall and get their revenge on the victory, but as soon as the game began, they realized that something was wrong.

This 'Millwall substitute lineup' is not the object of casual abuse!

Millwall suppressed Valencia by virtue of home advantage, and the 'double core' of Sean Davis and Josh Simpson is still full of power.

This is not surprising at all.

Zhang Yang has formulated a personal tactical plan for the 'semi-main forces', and they also have their own tactics, so they don't have to adapt to other people's tactics.

Josh Simpson has adapted to his tactics and he has led the Millwall offensive that has been quite threatening.

Sean Davies doesn't have a personal tactical plan yet, but he is the same type of player as Smitchell, his performance is still very consistent, and he works well with his teammates, and Davies also cherishes the rare opportunity to start in the Champions League, he puts in 100 per cent effort, hoping to perform well, and he is the most active in the Millwall team.

Curtis Weston in the front court is a player who attracts firepower.

As the only striker, Valencia will not neglect to defend him, Weston is relatively weak, but Millwall's midfield firepower is enough to suppress Valencia.

It's home, it's just different!

The Millwall players were all involved in the game for the first time, and the crowd was full of support from Millwall fans, and Valencia's performance was somewhat affected.

In addition, Flores may still not have carefully studied Millwall's tactics.

Millwall's 'dual-core' style of play, emphasizing the directness of coordination and attack, coupled with the fact that the Premier League is generally stronger than La Liga's physical confrontation ability, can be said to be the nemesis of Spain's traditional style of play, to say that there is no advantage against Barcelona, but Valencia's overall cooperation is not so outstanding, and their cooperation is somewhat inferior to Millwall, so they will naturally be at a disadvantage.

This is also one of the reasons why Millwall was able to easily defeat Valencia in the first round.

In the 17th minute of the game, Simpson provided an assist with a second pass, Livermore received a pass in front of goal, and a bombardment from 20 meters gave Millwall the lead.

It is also a deterrent to Valencia.

Twenty metres is long enough for the average player, but Livermore's shot from this position is almost the same as the other players getting up from 10 metres, and the Valencia goalkeeper didn't even have time to react and didn't make any saves at all.

Livermore's goal gave Valencia a chill, they were a little flustered when they were behind, and as time passed, Valencia couldn't see any hope of taking the lead, and they played more and more flustered.

In the end, the first half ended 1-0.

Millwall returned to the dressing room with the lead and praised the performance of their players and asked them to keep up the lead until the end of the game.

On the other side, Flores was not in a good mood, he didn't expect Millwall to play well.

Millwall sent only a 'semi-substitute lineup', although there is a certain strength, but just the change of the forward line has reduced a lot of pressure, but Valencia still can't play an advantage.

Why is that?

Flores's mind was in a daze, he couldn't think of a countermeasure at all, not that Flores's level was not good, but because the game was not very important, he didn't study Millwall's tactics carefully, and thought that Valencia would definitely be able to beat Millwall with all his might.

In one half-time, Flores wanted to know how to play against Millwall, which was really a bit of a fantasy, even if he wanted to make adjustments, it could only be player changes, Valencia did not do targeted training, and it was impossible to make targeted arrangements.

Things didn't change for Valencia in the second half, as they managed to pull back a little bit with some threat, but they were far from Millwall when it came to goal.

In the seventy-first minute, Millwall scored again.

This time it was Josh Simpson, who took advantage of a set-piece from outside the box and Simpsons curled a trademark curling ball straight past the Valencia goal.

2 to 0!

When Millwall took a two-goal lead, the game was completely out of suspense.

No one expected the game to come to such a point, and before the game, there was a group of media criticizing Millwall for 'not sending all the main players', and now the media are all silent, especially the Spanish media, they also expect Valencia to beat Millwall's full main lineup, but the opponent sent a semi-substitute, and it was already easy to beat Valencia.

It's like a joke!

Millwall's win over Valencia has confirmed that they will finish top of the group.

Valencia's group situation has not changed much, but they can't beat Millwall, who is 'releasing water', is simply losing face in European football, and the British media said happily, "What else did the Spaniards say to make Millwall send the main lineup, but Valencia can't even beat the substitute lineup!" ”

Zhang Yang did not forget the depression before the game, a group of foreign media set a trap for themselves, and kept saying that 'Millwall must have competitive ethics' and 'Millwall must send all the main forces'.

Now that Millwall had won the game, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I don't think it's a big deal to win." Valencia are good, but we have 11 players to deal with it, so we don't have to put all the main players in a big way. ”

'We're going to play on three fronts, maybe after Christmas on the fourth, it's very intense, some players who have played a lot of games, you have to have enough rest. So against Valencia, the players who don't play often deserve a chance. ”

Flores vomited blood angrily.

The Spanish media gritted their teeth, and Zhang Yang directly said, "You don't have to make a big deal against Valencia, just get a few players to play." 'But they couldn't argue with that because Millwall won the game comfortably.

The Italian press was very happy.

They said before the game that Millwall should send all their main players, the purpose is to hope that Millwall will beat Valencia, as long as this goal is achieved, it does not matter what lineup is sent.

Millwall easily defeated Valencia with a substitute lineup, and also suddenly raised the strength of Roma.

The two games between Millwall and Roma were very difficult, not to mention sending all the main forces, and Roma almost lost the game; Valencia? They were comfortably beaten by Millwall's bench!

There is no harm without contrast...... That's the gap!

"It seems that in the last round, Roma have a good chance!" The Italian media thought happily.